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Livingston, Montana - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Livingston Elem #15 of 141 districts in Montana (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,061 per pupil, Livingston Elem ranks #219 of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending (Montana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
837
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,061
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Livingston Elem operates 3 public schools serving 837 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Montana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Park County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,061 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 394 Montana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Montana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.9% local, 40.3% state, and 24.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #15 of 141 in Montana against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 227.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.7% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is B a Winans School, with a diversity index of 25.1/100.
Its largest campus is B a Winans School, enrolling 267 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
B a Winans School accounts for 31.9% of all Livingston Elem student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Livingston Elem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Livingston Elem student-counselor ratio is 228:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Livingston Elem chronic absenteeism rate is 34.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.